Explore Our Graduate Options

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Happy 2025, extraordinary educators!

Back in 2024, we asked you how many wolves were in this photo for a chance to win some free NC State College of Education gear. Swipe for the answer (and to see our @ncstatecedmetrc miniature wolves).

A few people on Facebook got the correct answer. On here, should we let @sarahcronkk’s guess count? ...

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Welcome to our Wolves` wonderland! 🐺

How many wolves are in this photo? Drop your answer in the comments below for a chance to win free NC State swag for those who answer correctly. 👀🔍

See you in 2025, extraordinary educators! Have a great winter break and new year. Go Pack! ...

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Our students are awesome and talented and extraordinary! Here is an illustration that Luca McElreath ’26, a Teaching Fellow and an elementary education major from Raleigh, did for us. 🐺

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📣 Hey, extraordinary educators! How many people does it take to pull off your graduation?

🫶 A pack of extraordinary staff, faculty and student volunteers. ...

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This is for you, extraordinary educators ❤️ #ExtraordinaryEducatorsPrepareHere ...

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Congrats, #NCState24! ...

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🎓 Courtney Sherman ‘24MED is one of our amazing 144 new alumni we’ll celebrate and recognize tomorrow. When she began our master’s in training and development program, she was a distance learning student with an infant, toddler, and preschooler. “Every moment of self-doubt, all the late-night research papers and readings fueled my determination to show them (and myself) that it is never too late to start over, to follow your dreams, and to evolve at any stage of life,” she says.

And through her time with the College of Education, she came to “understand that education isn`t about checking boxes or memorizing facts; it`s about continuously evolving and inspiring others to do the same,” she says. “Just as I`ve had to be flexible and patient with myself through this journey, I want to instill the same belief in my future adult learners - that growth is a lifelong process and it`s never too late to change course.”

Here, she shares four more lessons she has learned as a College of Education student:

1️⃣ Own your expertise, but keep evolving
2️⃣ Make connection your superpower
3️⃣ Show up with boldness (and maybe a little audacity)
4️⃣ Stay humble, stay human

❤️ What lessons have you learned as a College of Education student? Let us know in the comments!

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🌟 A four-time graduate of NC State. A Raleigh native. An 18-year educator with the Wake County Public School System as a teacher, assistant principal, and principal. The daughter of Toni Harris Thorpe, who worked at NC State for 24 years and was affectionately known on campus as “Mama Thorpe.” And the current principal of Wake Young Women’s Leadership Academy, the only single-gender girls public school in North Carolina.

🎉 Meet the student speaker of our December 2024 Graduation Ceremony: Mariah Walker ’06,’10MED, ’12MSA, 24EDD.

❤️ “For me, education is not just a career; it is a calling to serve, empower and make a lasting difference.”

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